Stolen GPS...think we found the thief - RC-Monster Forums

hyper9e · 01.27.2010, 08:14 PM

funny day funny day. It starts out when I file a police report like every good little boy should do. We met at 3:00 at a park near woodbury. We power it on, go to HOME and wala 3378 xxxxxxxx CT. hmmmmm that address seems very familiar....wait I think that that is my address. Even funnier thing is that the pics where taken from the back of our car....some criminal. So he hands back the GPS without pulling out a magnum or anything. He says the old "I'm sorry", "I just needed money" (couldn't we all) " I had nasty divorce ...blah blah blah. I informed the police and they gave him a little phone call. Well I didn't have to use wheelchair support. One thing I have to add. Busting someone is very,very enjoyable.

Bondonutz · 01.27.2010, 08:18 PM

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Originally Posted by hyper9e

funny day funny day. It starts out when I file a police report like every good little boy should do. We met at 3:00 at a park near woodbury. We power it on, go to HOME and wala 3378 xxxxxxxx CT. hmmmmm that address seems very familiar....wait I think that that is my address. Even funnier thing is that the pics where taken from the back of our car....some criminal. So he hands back the GPS without pulling out a magnum or anything. He says the old "I'm sorry", "I just needed money" (couldn't we all) " I had nasty divorce ...blah blah blah. I informed the police and they gave him a little phone call. Well I didn't have to use wheelchair support. One thing I have to add. Busting someone is very,very enjoyable.

Glad the end result was you getting your GPS back, NOT doing anything pysical makes you a much better man then myself. He'd a got a solid face punching if it was me ?

rchippie · 01.27.2010, 08:25 PM

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He'd a got a solid face punching if it was me ?

Ya right .

_paralyzed_ · 01.27.2010, 09:34 PM

that's crazy. Good for you man, nice detective work. Goes to show how dumb criminals are. I'm definitely going to share this story.

JERRY2KONE · **Way to go. -** 01.27.2010, 09:52 PM

Good for you man. Way to go. I am not sure of exactly what you would have done about this had you not requested advice here on RCM, but I think that we have a great bunch of people on here. Nice to see that we could do some good for someone in need after an unfortunate incident like this.

So are the police actually going to do anything about this guy? How old was he? I mean since you retrieved your GPS most Officers are happy to just let it drop. Still if this guy stole your stuff, then you can be sure that he is probably on a roll. It is like an adrenalin rush for some to do this sort of thing and some just cannot stop themselves after the first time unless they hit bottom by spending some time in jail, or at the very least stand before a Judge. Just wearing a pair of cuffs is quite embarrassing. Regardless of his sad story he made the concious decision to steal your stuff, and should face the conciquenses for his actions. Otherwise he will be right back out on the street doing it to some of your friends & neighbors trying to make up for this loss.

And I have to ask. Was your car locked or left open? We had one hell of a time convincing one of our sons about keeping his vehicle locked up. He had his GPS, Ipod, and hard drive stolen out of his truck last month. It is hard to get any sympathy out of a Cop when you leave things open for them to easily open and steal your stuff. Sure any thief can break a window, and get in if they really want to. The problem is when you make it TOO easy, even the good people will be tempted to relieve you of your personal property in desperate times. We all have a responsibility to keep our stuff locked up and make the effort to protect what belongs to us.

So was it left open? You never really told us that part.

sikeston34m · 01.27.2010, 08:21 PM

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Originally Posted by hyper9e

funny day funny day. It starts out when I file a police report like every good little boy should do. We met at 3:00 at a park near woodbury. We power it on, go to HOME and wala 3378 xxxxxxxx CT. hmmmmm that address seems very familiar....wait I think that that is my address. Even funnier thing is that the pics where taken from the back of our car....some criminal. So he hands back the GPS without pulling out a magnum or anything. He says the old "I'm sorry", "I just needed money" (couldn't we all) " I had nasty divorce ...blah blah blah. I informed the police and they gave him a little phone call. Well I didn't have to use wheelchair support. One thing I have to add. Busting someone is very,very enjoyable.

I'm VERY glad to hear that you got it back!

File Charges! Stop that guy for sure! Too many scum bags running around getting by with that junk if you ask me.